Photographic holder



Oct. 30, 1951 M. scHwARTz ETAL 2,573,655

PHOTOGRAPHIC HOLDER Oct. 30, 1951 M SCHWARTZ ETAL y 2,573,655

PHOTOGRAPHIC HOLDER Fired Jan. 8, 194s I um l l 0Ct 30, '1951 M. SCHWARTZ ET AL PHOTOGRAPHIC HOLDER 3 Sheets-Sheet I5 Filed Jan. 8, 1948 Patented ct. 30, 1951 PHOTOGRAPHIC HOLDER Morris Schwartz and William Castedello, Stamford, Conn., assignors to The Kalart Company Inc., Stamford, Conn.

Application January 8, 1948, Serial No. 1,116

8 Claims.

This invention relates to photographic holders for plates or films and to holders or magazines .for cut film, lm pack or roll lm as are used in connection with various types of photographic apparatus such as cameras, enlargers, etc` v Photographic holders of the general type, above referred to, comprise a frame orv casing which is loaded with one or more plates or lms. These plates or lms are normally covered by a slide which is removed for the purpose of exposure. In photographic practice, it is customary to mark one side of a slide differently from the other one to `indicate whether the plate or film covered by a slide is exposed or unexposed; generally a silve'red or whitened portion of the slide is provided to indicate an unexposed plate or lm contained in the casing while a blackened portion is indicative of an exposed plate or film. According to the practice common in photography, the operator reverses the slide after having made an exposure, thereby placing the blackened slide portion in the position facing the outside.

With certain types of`photographic apparatus, such as Press cameras, the plate or film holder, which may be of the simplex or the duplex type, is slipped between the camera casing and a spring loaded ground glass back and held in position by the pressure of the back. When now the operator removes the slide of the holder in preparation of making an exposure or reinserts the withdrawn slide, the pushing or pulling force applied to the slide or accidental pressure applied to the spring back may cause a tilting of the holder and the spring back away from the camera casing. As a result, light will reach an exposed portion of the plate or film fogging the same.

The same danger of iogging a lm or plate or at least a portion thereof is present with holders or magazines for cut sheet lm or roll film. As such magazines or holders are usually too thick to be inserted between the casing and the back, the latter is removed and the magazine or holder is held in position by the pressure of the spring loaded arms of the back. It will be evident from the previous explanation that the magazine may be accidentally tilted away from the camera casing.

Another possibility of fogging a plate or film is due to carelessness on the part of the operator in the removal of the holder or magazine from the camera without completely pushing home the previously withdrawn slide.

With other types of photographic apparatus, the holder or magazine is slid into guiding grooves the casing of the photographic apparatus. K

Such guiding grooves secure the holder or magazine positively to the casing thereby eliminating the danger of an accidental tilting of the holder or magazine. However, they cannot prevent the possibility of removing the holder or magazine Without completely pushing home a previously withdrawn slide.

Accordingly, it is one of the objects of this invention to provide g means which prevent for either type of photographic apparatus any movement of an inserted holder or magazine from its light tight position on or in the casing of the photographic apparatus unless and until a slide withdrawn in preparation of an exposure is com- 5 pletely reinserted.

Another object of the invention is to provide means by which a holder or magazine is positively secured in its light tight position on or in the casing of a photographic apparatus unless and until a slide withdrawn in preparation of an exposure is completely reinserted.

Another object of the invention is to provide means by' which a holder or magazine inserted in a photographic apparatus is positively and automatically locked to the photographic apparatus when a slide is partly or completely Withdrawn in preparation of an exposure and is automatically unlocked when the slide is completely reinserted;

Another object of the invention that is particularly useful in connection with magazines for cut lm, film packs, adaptors or roll film holders is to provide means by which a magazine that is impositively held against the casing of a photo- Ygraphic apparatus by means of spring loaded arms isl automatically locked to the casing at spaced points when a slide is partly or completely withdrawn and is automatically unlocked when the slide is completely reinserted. Such an arrangement has the advantage that the magazine cannot be tilted away from the camera at either end. v

The term photographic holder as sometimes used herein, is intended to include any type of holders for one or more sensitized layers such as plate or lm holders, magazines for cut lm, film pack adaptors or roll lm adaptors and containers. y Other and further objects, features and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter and be pointed'out 'in the claims forming part oi the application.

Certain features and elements of plate or lm holders and of magazines for pack lm or roll 55 film that are disclosed in the present application but are not made the subject matter of claims are claimed in the co-pending application Ser. No. 790,784, led by Morris Schwartz and William Castedello on December l0, 1947.

In the accompanying drawings several now preferred embodiments of the inventionare shown by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. v

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a plate or lm holder according to the invention inserted in a cameras Fig. 2 is a side view of the plate orlm holder according to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a detail view, partly in section, of

the locking means for locking the holder'to the Camera Fig. 4 shows a detail view of-{the sameloknej means in a dierent position of the locking elements.

Fig. 5 shows a plan view of a magazine for cut'lm equipped with locking means according to-thelinvention, themagazine being: shown inserted into a photographic apparatus.

Fig. 6 isi-a side View ofthe magazine accordinglto'Fig. 5.

Fig'. v7A is a sideview of a holder for roll film equipped With locking means according tothe invention. l

' Fig. Y8 is a planview of the holder according to Fig: 7.

Fig. -9 is a plan view ofa. film pack adapter 'according-t0 the invention inserted in acamera, 'andVv Fig. lO-is a side View of the film pack adapter according to Fig. 9.

VVReferring now. tothe figures in detail:

Fig. l shows a` plate or film holder. of the duplex type, generally designatedby I0, inserted in a cameraY generally designated by II, vthe outlineA of the, camera casing being indicated by dotted lines. The camera is shown as being of the soecalled press. type equipped with a. spring backIZ.. Spring .loaded arms I3 and I4 serve t0 press theback against. the camera casing. The backjs .only partially .illustrated to show the plate or.'Y film holder.

.Asscan be seen. on Fig. 2, thecasing; of the holder, is. composed of" tWo sections I5V andv I6, respectively joined together by screws II or any other :suitable means. The-casing isarranged to caintain a septum (not shown) .supporting on eachside a plateor film in a conventional manner.;4 .One of the sensitized layers is normally covered by. -a slide I8. and the other 'by a slide I9, T PortionsY 2llof each slide are marked differently on each sideV to indicate whether, a plate or-lm covered byt a slide is exposed or not. Conventionally, the slide portion facingthe outside when the respective sensitized layer is unexposed is silvered; or whitened while the opposite sideis blackened. SlideIBin Fig. 1 is assumed to cover an unexposed sensitized layer.

In the subsequent description, the arrangement andjunction of the plate or holder will be described `forolflehalf, of the holder as a matter of; convenience and; it shouldbe understood4 that the second half of the holder is a duplication of the described half.

Means for locking cm insertedvplate or film holder to the baclcof a camera The means forl locking an inserted plate or film holder to the camera, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, comprise a two-.arm lever 2I pivotally disposed in a recess 22 of holder section I5 by y the notch when the lever is in the position shown in Fig. 4. As can best be seen from Fig. l, nose Zfs adjacent to notch 21 when the plate or lm holder is fully inserted in the camera.

A- spring 2 8 urges lever 2l into the engaging position shown in Fig. 3.

The locking means according to Figs. 3 and 4 are provided Yat opposite edges of the holder as can be seen in Fig. l, one pair of locking means being associated with each half of the holder. The positions of levers 2I are controlled by the position of the respective slide .I8 or I9. For this purpose, the portion2) of each slide is slanted at `24E-so that` slanted edges29 will engage noses 24, whena slide is pushed home, and pivot levers f 2| into positions inwhich the noses 24 are Withdrawn fromA notches 21 in the camera frame.Y as shown inFig. 4.

The operation ofthe plate or lm holder lock,- ing means is as follows:

As previously mentioned, with cameras of the type equipped with a spring back, the plate or iilm holder is vinserted in the cameraby being pushed between the spring back and the .camera casing proper and is held in position by the presvsureexerted by springarms I3 andV I4.uponspring back I2.

When the plate or'lmholder is placed inthe camera, all noses `Eare.withdrawn as the. slides are fully inserted; When now the operator `Withdraws the slide `facing the camera objective, slide edgesa29. becomedisengagedi from therespective noses 24. Asaresult, springs 23 push noses 2E.' into notches 2l so that the holder is not Yonly held-by. the pressure .of the spring back but' positively and automaticallyslocked to the `camera casing. Hence, the holder cannot be tilted away from the-camera casing veven though the spring back may .be tilted. Furthermore, the holder can beremoved from the camera .only when the slide is completely reinserted thereby automatically unlocking thevholder by the coac tion-between slide edges 29-=and levers 2|.

Figs. 5 and 6 show the application kof ythe holder locking means, as described in connection with Figs.- Sande; to a magazine for cut lm, gener ally designated by 35,l theslide I8- of the magazineLbeingshown partly Withdrawn. As previously mentioned, the thickness ofsuch magazines usually prevents an insertion of the magazine between spring back'andv camera casing. It is vtherefore rcustomaryto remove the spring' back and` to slip spring arms I3l and III-over correspending noses 36 on the side walls of the mag-azine. As will be apparent, the same dangersof fogging one'of the films in the magazine by tilting the magazine or byremoving the magazine Without completely pushing homethe-slideexist as were previously described for aplate` or'frlm holder. These dangers are eliminated lfor magazines by providing locking means as shown in Figs. 3 and/4 for the magazine so that theV magazine is automatically locked to the camera when a slide is Withdrawn and'until-the-'slide is completelyl reinserted;

It will be apparent. from Fig. 5,y the locking 5. means lock the magazine at the end at which the slide is inserted. This leaves the possibility of or lm holder.

wall of the guiding frameof'the camera'l casing whenrtlie magazine is inserted. The magazine.

islnowpositively secured by locks at both'. ends andalso by-.the pressure of spring arms l, I 3 and I4'.` Figs. 7 and 8 show the application of the locke ingmeansaccording to Figs. 3 and 4 yto a roll film holder, generally designatedby IIL-thev slide I8being shown partly withdrawn.Y Such holder isssecurediv to thezcamera after removal of :the spring' back byhooking spring arms I3 'and' I4 overrnoses ki2 on thehol-der'ilsl a result, `the' holder cannot be tilted away irom'the cameraor removed without completely reinsertingthe slide,l-

as has vvbeendescribed .in vconnection "with aplate' ornhnlholder anday magazine for cut nlm.

vAccording to the.y invention, holderA 4I V-is se curedl to the camera casing by providing locking means as vshownin detailV on Figs. 3 andf14 land holding pins 44 `andlf' engaging corresponding holes '39. and All' in Vthe vcamera .casingyi thereby positively securing thc film holderwatboth endsand pressing it against the-camera in the middle.

`.According-to Figs.f.9 andy l0, thelm. packadapter iszshown. inserteduinfa 1'carriera IIxand held in positionby the pressure'of ground 'glass-v back=l2 fand, spring armsv I3and Id as has been; described in connection withthe. plate or nlm" holder shownonFig. l; The adapter maybev of conventional` design and isgenerally designated by `5B.a It comprises a `frame V5I including a-window 52 and al case'53.

hinges 54:.and held .ina its closed'position byr con# ventional.zlocking means indicated by buttons .-AslideiZ-i `is provided to cover anduncover the .nlmin the holder. vAs 4willlloe evident from .thevpievious descriptioniaogging of'lm in holder 5@ is possible'by" accidentally tilting the adapter away fromuthe:

camera casing, or by removingf'the adapterwithout .completely reinserting slideZE);r Both these` possibilitiesof fogging are' eliminated by'p'rovidr-` ingllocking meansaccording tothe invention as shown in detail on Figs. 3 and 4 and described in connectiontherewith'. rllhe locking means according tothe invention automatically lock the adapter to the camera when and while slide 2i] is partly or completely withdrawn from the adapter.` 2

It should be the nlm packadapter can alsobe used without employing a ground glassuback to pressthe adapter against the camera casing.` The adapter is then secured to the camera'casing by'pro'viding pins 3l, 38 and recesses 39, 4%) as shown vin Fig. 5. In many instances these pins and locking ears 26 will be sufficient to secure the adapter. However, if desired, the adapter may be further secured by spring arms such as I3 and I4 which may be hooked over correspond-u ing noses on the adapter such as 36 or 42.

While the invention has been described in detail with respect to certain now preferred ex amples and embodiments of the invention it will b-e understood by those skilled in the art after understanding the invention, that various Case 53 serves to house the dim-pack. It is hinged to frame 5I by" Ynoted in this connection 'that 6 changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention and it is intended therefore, to cover all such changes and modifications vin the' appended claims. f f

What is claimed new and desired to be secured by-Letters Patent is:

1. Asphotographic holder of theftype 4compriseV ing a casing having a slide insertion slot therein, and a removable rigid slide adapted to'fbeV inserted'innsaid slot for covering and uncovering a sensitized layer inthe casing,-in com-- bination.4 with locking meansv mounted on the casing :adjacent to theentrance of said inser= tion slot,` said locking meansincluding a lock;y ing-v member pivotally mounted Ato form artwoarm lever, a rst arm of-said lever protruding outwardly from an outer side wall ofthe casing in.A a predetermined pivotal-position of the locking'member and the second arm extending fromv the face of the casing and into the path of fa slide 'portion protruding-from the casing atthe entrancev of the slidefinsertion slot when the slide `is fully inserted in 'said slot, the -saidslide portion slidably engaging the second' arm' and. pivotingvthe locking member into-'a position-in4 which lsaid' rst 'arm is within the confinesv of the Vcasing in response toa complete-insertion of the-slide, said locking member,v when in fa position in which said nrs't arm 'protrude's' from thecasingpbeing capable of locking the holder toa photographic apparatus in which the holder:

is inserted.

' 2. `combination or" a photographic apparafV -tus'having a casing vincluding a lguiding frame Y for receiving al photographic holder, spring meansprovided' onv the casing for iinpositively pressing said holder against the casing in a light tight position, said guiding frame having a recess in oneY of'its wall portions; a photographic holder ofthe class described comprisingfa"cas` ing having a top ledge and a bottomed'ge and two side ledges-engageable with correspondingportions Yof said guiding vframe, said 'top'edg including a slottherein, a removable rigidslide" for Ecovering and uncovering asensitized layer in the casing adaptedfto be'inserted in said slot, and-locking meansV mounted on the holder cas` inginear'the entrance-of said insertionslotfsaidv -locking means including a locking member pivotally 'mounted within a slot in one ofthe side edges of' the holder lcasing engagingthe said guiding frame, spring means on the holder ycasing biasing the vlocking member into a' position the slide isvin al positionv other thanffully in' serted; and secondv locking-means positionedfat the bottom edge of the guidingframe and the holder casing, said second locking means in*-y cluding a locking element at the guiding frame and a second locking element on the holder casing, said locking elements being arranged and positioned to positively engage each other when the holder is fully inserted in the photographic apparatus so as to prevent a tilting of the holder asta-issn nine-a photographic holder;` inf,combination.f`

a-.casingi hav-ingA a 1 slideginsertion1sl0tc1inione of itsssiderv/"alls. .alremovable slide-for covering; andi uncoveringga .sensitizedilayer'iinserted .in;the:.case ingl;...said islidefbeingz adaptedzto. 'f be? inserted.: in`A said Islot @and havingrav.portion.A protruding. fromi therespectiveccasingzside; when said slidecis; comeA pieten@ insertedinl thegholder .in aposition f cove erifngisaid layerxiglocking:meansgmountedmn .the

casing@ said?v locking means .comprising.ifar.l pivotally mounted lockingsmember rnountedin;the.4 canines andrpositionedz adjacent. to vthe.i entrance; or.` said slide; insertion slotf., and-. spring;` meansbiasing.;the-f` locking member; intera. locking; Dosi; tio` wardadi opent 'toV the: side; wall Y having.; said; slide'. i insentieriA slot therein, said protruding; slide p0rtionrrand;,said-lockfin-g` member beingdisposed. in.

acarelative. vpposition-in which thezsaid; protruding. Sliders. locking memberyfors nleving'thej same.--into-;a re lease position Within the confines of thef'holder casing-in response to a `complete insertion of the slide, said locking member, when in locking positionbeingcapable of locking the holder to a photographic apparatus in which the holderis inserted.

5; In a photographic holder, in combination apasihgincluding, a slide insertion slot in one.

of its sidewalls andr,a.second slot having an exit opening into one of the outer casing side walls adjacent. to the side Wall having said .slide insertionV slot therein and .a second eXit in a face Wall of .the casinglsaid second exitbeing posi- .is

tioned adjacent to one'ofV the edges of said slide insertion. slot, a locking member pi-votally mounted within said second. slot so as to form a two-arm lever, one arm.A offsaid lever being arranged to protrude outwardly fromvsaid first exitin one lever position and to be withdrawn into. the second slot inanother lever position. the second arrnof thelever protrudingfrom the'v secondI eXit, spring means onI the casing urgingy said leverY into itsfrst mentionedY position, and a slide for covering and uncovering ay sensitized layer inserted in said casing, said slide being adaptedV tovbe inserted` in the respective slot and having aportion protruding from the casingwhen .the slide .is fully. inserted. inv thecasing,v said slide insertionslot and said second exit being positioned in a relative position inwhich SaidprOtruding. portion of the slide is. capable4 of slidablyengaging., the. second. lever` arin for.

pivoting the lever into a position in. which the first arm thereof is Withdrawn .into the-casing inA response to acornplete.A insertion of the slide, said rst `arm, wheny protruding from the. casing, being vcapable of locking the holder to a` photographic apparatusdn Whichithe holder is inserted.

in, which the f saidwv member Vprotrudes..l outfi :from yone -of nthe, side v Wa'llsgof; the-cashig .tionA isi Capable Voir'slidably,'engagingsaidv o.'z A. .holder'as described intclaim15, wherein the slideportion protruding` from ther casing;l wherr the-slide.` is fully inserted inthe casing.. includesa-.slanted slide edge positioned tosslidey ablyfengageisaid second lever arm in response.j to; an' approximately complete insertioniof the. slide for pivoting ther said lever.` into` its` Withdrawn.; position upon completion` of". the: slidei insertion.

7. A; holder as described in claim @whereinI arsetof.thesaid locking meansA is provided on each: outer side walladjacent to the sidewall of. thezrcasing: having? said slide insertion slotv therein.V

8; Thefcombination-of a photographic, apparatus'ha-vinga casingincluding a guide frame for receiving a:photographic holder in a light tightpositionsaid'guide framehaving a notch in one-V of. its r side Walls; and al photographic holder comprising-A afcasing. including a slide insertionslotinone of its outer side Walls and a second. slot having an exitinone of the outer side- Walls! of' thefholder' casing'adjacent to the side wall thereof having said slide insertion slot therein and a secondY exit opening ina face Wall of the holder casing, said secondxexit being positioned adjacent to one of the-short edges of said'insertion slot,.a" locking member pivotally mount# ed Within thesecond'slot to form' a two-arm lever; one arm' of said'lever being'arranged'to` protrude Youtwardly from the'first exitV in'one le# verposition and to bewithdrawn into the second slot in another lever position, the second arm of theleverprotruding from the second exit, spring. means4 on the holder casing biasing said'lever into vitslfirst'mentioned position; anda slide: for' covering and' uncovering af sensitized layer inf saidfholder casing, said` slide" being adapted to= beinserted in the slide insertion slot and hav'- ing a-portion protruding.V from the holder'cas-y ing when thezslide is fully inserted," said slide:

insertionslot and said second exit being in' a relative position vin 'which said protruding. por;

tion of th'eslide is capableof slidably engaging the second lever arm for pivoting the lever into' a position in which :the first arm thereof Yis withdrawn-nimol the holdercasing in responsetovaf complete'insertionl of the slide, said second armwhen protruding; from the holder casing engage" ingv saidfn'otch inA the vapparatus casing, thereby; positively locking an inserted holder to thel photographic apparatus-in said lighttight position'. v

NIOl'wltSVA SCHWARTZ.' WZILLIAM CASTEDELLO.

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